OLDSMAR, Fla. – Tapwrit emerged from his popular, 4 1/2-length win in the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby in good order and was “bright and alert, happy and sound” in his stall at Palm Beach Downs on Sunday, according to trainer Todd Pletcher, who won the biggest race of the Tampa Bay Downs meet for a record fifth time Saturday and the fourth time in the past five years. Pletcher said Tapwrit is likely to make one more start ahead of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, but no decisions have been made. Tapwrit ($4.20), ridden by Jose Ortiz, knifed through rivals on the far turn of the Tampa Bay Derby to take command at the top of the stretch and wasn’t seriously challenged thereafter. His time of 1:42.36 for 1 1/16 miles was a stakes record, bettering the mark of 1:42.82 set last year by Destin, another runner from the Pletcher barn. Tapwrit earned 50 Kentucky Derby qualifying points in the Tampa Bay Derby, essentially guaranteeing him a spot in the starting gate, and now has 54 overall. Runner-up State of Honor earned 20 and now has 22, third-place Wild Shot earned 10 to boost his total to 17, and fourth-place No Dozing earned five and now has 10. Tapwrit’s time also was faster than McCraken’s mark of 1:42.45 set in winning the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes here Feb. 11. Tapwrit finished second in that race, 1 1/2 lengths behind McCraken, a leading Kentucky Derby contender who missed the Tampa Bay Derby due to puffiness in an ankle. McCraken breezed half a mile in 50.20 seconds at Palm Meadows on Saturday, and the undefeated colt remains on track for the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 8, trainer Ian Wilkes said. The Blue Grass is also being targeted by Classic Empire, the 2016 champion juvenile male, who breezed four furlongs in 48.95 seconds at Palm Meadows on Sunday for trainer Mark Casse. “He breezed really well, so we were excited about that,” Casse said. Tapwrit earned a career-best 96 Beyer Speed Figure in the Tampa Bay Derby. Tapwrit, a $1.2 million yearling purchase, has three wins and a second-place finish in five career starts and has earned $313,902 for owners Bridlewood Farm, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, and Bob LaPenta. The Tapit colt has won two stakes, including the $75,000 Pulpit in the slop at Gulfstream Park in December. He joined Destin, Carpe Diem (2015), Verrazano (2013), and Limehouse (2004) as Tampa Bay Derby winners for Pletcher. “I was very pleased with his effort,” Pletcher said. “He kind of had a stumble at the start and a little bit of traffic in the first turn and handled all of that very professionally. I thought it was an impressive performance.” State of Honor, with Julien Leparoux aboard, set the pace in the Tampa Bay Derby and fought hard to the end, just as he had when third in the Sam F. Davis Stakes. Casse said the colt likely will be given another chance on the Triple Crown trail in a race to be determined. State of Honor has made four consecutive starts in stakes and has placed in all. “We wanted to rate him yesterday, but he broke running and kind of went to idling on the lead, and Julien said when the winner ran by him, he took off again,” Casse said. “I was proud of him. He never gave up.” Wild Shot, who has placed in three graded stakes, is targeting the Blue Grass Stakes, trainer Rusty Arnold said. He was beaten for second by 1 1/2 lengths Saturday after finishing fourth in the Sam F. Davis. “We thought he ran well,” Arnold said. “He settled in nicely, made a run. I thought it was a step forward, and we’re going to take one more step forward.” No Dozing, the runner-up in the Grade 2 Remsen last fall, was beaten half a length for third Saturday, an improved effort over his sixth-place finish in the Sam F. Davis. Trainer Arnaud Delacour said he likely will point the colt to the $125,000 Federico Tesio Stakes, a key prep for the Preakness Stakes, at Laurel Park on April 13. “I’m very pleased with the horse,” Delacour said. “I thought it was a move forward, but not enough of a move forward to consider running in the Derby.” Pletcher said Sonic Mule, a stakes winner who finished eighth in the Tampa Bay Derby, likely will get a freshening and be pointed to one-turn races. Pletcher also scored a first-level allowance win with Egyptian Hero on Saturday and said that horse likely will start in the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on April 15. The Tampa Bay Derby was the highlight of Festival Day, the best card of the Tampa Bay Downs season, featuring five stakes, three of them graded. The card drew 10,079 racing fans, and handle totaled more than $12.1 million, the second-largest figure in track history, behind only last year’s Festival Day. • Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Dickinson ($8) is being pointed to the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland on April 15 after reeling in four-time graded stakes winner Isabella Sings to win the Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes by half a length under jockey Paco Lopez here on Saturday. Isabella Sings finished second in the $200,000 Hillsborough for the second straight year, having lost to champion turf mare Tepin last year. Dickinson had won the Grade 3 Suwannee River Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 11 for her first stakes victory. She earned a 98 Beyer in that race and in the Hillsborough. “She’s really a nice filly, and she’s 4 for 5 on the turf now,” McLaughlin said. “Paco rode her great. It was a very nice race, so we’re stepping up to a Grade 1.” Isabella Sings, who won the Grade 3 Endeavour Stakes here last month, has been retired at age 5 and will be bred to a stallion to be determined, Pletcher said. A homebred for Siena Farms, she won eight of 21 starts and earned $648,170. • Trainer Tom Bush said Fifty Five will be considered for the Grade 3 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland on April 13 after closing with a rush under Jose Ortiz to beat the favored La Coronel by a neck in the Grade 3, $155,000 Florida Oaks here Saturday. Fifty Five also had closed powerfully in her stakes debut, the Grade 3 Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream on Feb. 4, to be third, beaten just three-quarters of a length. “She’s a deep closer, there’s no question about it,” Bush said. “The rider was very patient with her, and it paid off. She seems to be improving.” Bush said Fifty Five was very tired Sunday after a nine-hour round trip from Palm Meadows to run in the Florida Oaks, but had come out of the race fine. She earned an 82 Beyer in both the Sweetest Chant and the Florida Oaks. Casse said he was very pleased with the effort from La Coronel, who hadn’t raced since finishing sixth, beaten just 3 1/4 lengths, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last November, when she was marooned in post 13. The filly had convincingly won the Grade 3 Jessamine at Keeneland last October to make her the Breeders’ Cup favorite at 4-1. “I thought it was tremendous,” Casse said of La Coronel’s race in the Florida Oaks. “She was coming off a four-month layoff. We knew she was going to get a little tired Saturday. She had a rough trip. [Jockey Florent Geroux] was fairly upset after the race. He started making a move and got fanned so wide.” • Pletcher said Stanford will be pointed toward a defense of his title in the Grade 2, $1.25 million Charles Town Classic on April 22 after his scintillating victory here Saturday in the $100,000 Challenger Stakes. Under John Velazquez, Stanford led every step of the way to win by 3 1/4 lengths over Ami’s Flatter and set a track record of 1:41.75 for 1 1/16 miles. Stanford, who capped his 4-year-old season with a win in the Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday in December, was wearing blinkers for the first time Saturday. Pletcher said he made the equipment change because the horse seemed to lose focus when he saw photographers along the rail in the $400,000 Poseidon Handicap on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park, where he lost a stretch duel to Imperative by a head. “I wanted to get a race into him with the blinkers on to see how he adapted to those,” Pletcher said. “A couple of times in his career, he’s made some mistakes, looking around and seeing things. I thought it was important to get a prep into him with the blinkers on prior to the Charles Town race. He handled it beautifully, seemed to be focused but not headstrong, so it was a very encouraging effort.” Stanford earned a 102 Beyer in the Challenger, his fifth triple-digit mark. • Trainer Ian Wilkes said the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland on April 7 is among the options for Sonic Boom, who rallied under Julien Leparoux to win the $75,000 Columbia Stakes, for 3-year-olds going a mile on turf, by a neck over Profiteer here Saturday. It was the first stakes win for Sonic Boom, a son of More Than Ready who finished second in the Zuma Beach Stakes at Santa Anita last October. Sonic Boom earned a career-best 86 Beyer on Saturday.